Label-holder



(No Model.)

W. W. DODGE.

LABEL HOLDER.

No. 574,789. Patented Jan. 5, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. DODGE, OF BURLINGTON, IOWA.

LABEL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,789, dated January5, 1897.

Application filed June 24, 1896. Serial No, 596,782. (No model.)

To aZZ whom itmay concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. DODGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa,haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Label-Holders, of which thfollowing is a specification.

My improvement consists in the construction of a label-holder in which aslip or card bearing marks, figures, or name is placed and locked in atransparent case; and the objects of my invention are to furnish alabel-holder which shall be simple, strong, durable, and inexpensive andwhich shall be so constructed as to effectively protect the slip or cardfrom injury by the weather, and which shall also clearly display bothsides of the slip or card.

A still further object of my invention is to produce a label-holderwhich shall securely hold its card and at the same time permit the cardto be readily removed from and replaced in the holder as described.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in

which- Figure 1 represents a view of the labelholder. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional elevation of my holder. Fig. 3 represents a viewof the card to be inserted.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In my drawings, A represents the body of my label-holder. It is made ofglass and may be made of some other suitable transparent material. It ispreferably of the shape as indicated in my drawings. From an aperture aat one end in the body of my label-holder runs a hollow space at,preferably of the shape as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 of mydrawings, extending nearly to the whole length of my label-holder.Within this hollow space, close to the aperture a, is the groove 17. Atone end of the body of my label-holder opposite the aperture a is theperforation c.

Fig. 3 represents a slip or card 13, made of any suitable material, uponwhich names or characters are written or indicated on either or bothsides. This card B is of such size that it will fit into the hollowspace of my labelholder A, so that after the same is placed thereinaperture a can be closed or sealed by means of wax or any other suitablematerial. The perforation 0 serves to fasten my label-holder by means ofa Wire, a string, a nail, or any other suitable device to the object tobe labeled or marked.

It will be readily seen that my label-holder is especially devised formarking trees,shrubs, and plants of all kinds, although I do not intendto confine my invention to any particular object, and I know of nolabel-holder now known and in use which answers this purpose in assatisfactoryand simple a manner. The label-card can be read on bothsides, has a perfect protection from the effects of the weather, can beeasily changed as occasion requires, and presents a neat and pleasingappearance.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a label-holder the body A, provided with aperture a, the hollow spaceas, the groove 19 and the perforation c, all in combination with a cardB inclosed in space 09, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

I WILLIAM W. DODGE. Witnesses:

.T. J. LITTLE, R. J. ToPPING.

